A lifetime ago, fascinated with the how and why of everything (though sadly frustrated with mathematical logic and the complexity of chemical formulas) I discovered a love for all things biological. Naturally, more complex equations followed more ad...More
A lifetime ago, fascinated with the how and why of everything (though sadly frustrated with mathematical logic and the complexity of chemical formulas) I discovered a love for all things biological. Naturally, more complex equations followed more advanced study so a more creative lifetime beckoned. Flash-forward twenty five years and a career in broadcast design; with contractual opportunities in London, Rome, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur leading to a more settled period in Scotland, (BBC Scotland, Glasgow, 2000). In 2011, feeling a need to "counterbalance" the increasing digital-shift within motion design, I returned to study part-time, exploring fabric manipulation and screen printing at Glasgow School of Art. On reflection these underlying concerns still lie at the heart of my creative practice, though now, since a relatively recent relocation to Auckland, New Zealand in late 2014, relational aesthetics and more philosophical questions seem to be entering the equation! Lecturing on a full-time basis within the Faculty of Media Design, Media Design School, Auckland, earlier this year I began a post-graduate Fine Arts programme (on a part-time basis) at The University of Auckland posing the question: Connected Bodies? Where do our bodies begin and end in a networked world? (An exploration of intercrorporeality via the affective side of the art experience.) Inspired by Brian Massumi's book 'Parables for the Virtual' most recent research has focused on the mapping of the 'Affective Dimension'; imagining it as a (speculative) space that is both internal (brain and body) and external (cosmic). Initially positioned within the context of installational works the final mapped diagrams are speculating the "What if?"; the long term hope being realized findings may benefit future health-sector environments, possibly in the form of contemplative, kinesthetic spaces.
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